The examples directory in the GLUT package contains lots of examples, including translations of the Red Book examples. Both the API documentation and theses examples are best studied with the original specs and the original Red Book examples at hand. An index of examples can be found at the OpenGL wiki page Code Resources.

7 Troubleshooting

7.1 I can't display text with renderString

It's probably because the text is displayed too big. Setting a much smaller scale factor before calling renderString should solve the problem.

scale 0.0010.001(0.001∷GLfloat)
renderString Roman "Test string"

7.2 Animations flicker

If you're not using DoubleBuffered display mode, turn that on. Also, you must set the display mode before creating the window you're going to be drawing in. To check if you've enabled double buffering use something like:

db <- get doubleBuffered

and set DoubleBuffered mode (before creating your windows!) like this: